Investigation Equipment for Fingerprinting and Crime Scene Reconstruction

The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG) allows states and units of local governments, including tribes, to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own state and local needs and conditions. Grant funds can be used for state and local initiatives, technical assistance, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, and information systems for criminal justice, including for any one or more of the following purpose areas: 1) law enforcement programs; 2) prosecution and court programs; 3) prevention and education programs; 4) corrections and community corrections programs; 5) drug treatment and enforcement programs; 6) planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs; and 7) crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation).

The disparate jurisdictions consisting of Gallatin County and the city of Bozeman will use their Fiscal Year 2009 JAG funds for law enforcement equipment. The city of Bozeman will act as the fiscal agent for this award. Specifically, the JAG funds will be used jointly between the two law enforcement agencies to purchase a filtered fuming chamber used for the safe processing and collection of latent fingerprints from items of evidence, as well as a software program designed to recreate crime scenes or reconstruct crash scenes.

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